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Abstract - The individual profile of the technical-tactical preparation of the World judo Championships in 2010–2011

The indices of technical-tactical preparation allow to describe individual features of the competitors taking part in sport competitions. The value of those indices allows to determine both dominant features of the preparation and its disadvantages.
The Olympics in London in 2012 will gather the best judo competitors, who from May 2010 to April 2012 took part in the classification judo competitions which entitle them to take part in the coming games (www.ijf.org). Which competitors will be qualified for the Olympic Games in London – the results of the qualification competitions will answer that question. Who wins the gold medal during the Games? – Now, we can only assess who has the best chance of winning and determine the features of the technical-tactical preparations of potential winners in men’s judo. The purpose of our work was to determine the features of the technical-tactical preparations (PTT) of four top judo competitors, based on their individual indices.
During World Championships in Paris 2011, and in Tokyo 2010, four competitors won gold medals twice in their weight categories. They were: Sobirov Rishod from Uzbekistan – at under 60 kg, Kim Jae-Bum from Korea at under 81 kg, Iliadis Ilias from Greece at under 90 kg and Riner Teddy from France at over 100 kg. During those championships they totally fought 49 contests, which have been recorded by the audio-video means. They performed 478 attacks, and their opponents did 380 ones. The material was the subject to our analysis.
The methods we have used gave us the ground to determine the value of indices of the individual technical-tactical preparations: “versatility index” which allows to fix the range of the techniques used ; “activity index” – which determines the frequency of attacks performed; “effectiveness index” which determines the ratio between attacks executed and efficient attacks, and “efficiency index” which gives the number of points obtained from particular technical actions and points lost from referee’s penalties for breaking sport rules (www.ijf.org).
The competitors, subject to our analysis of their individual PTT, manifested significant range of the analyzed indices. J.-B. Kim in 2011, most frequently attempted his attacks (every 15.5” attack), whereas I. Iliadis, in 2011, attacked with low frequency (every 47” attack). T. Rined, in 2011, executed most often efficient attacks (every 112.5” efficient attack); and J.-B. Kim, in 2010, executed rarely efficient attacks (every 373.2” efficient attack). As we compare the frequency of performed attacks at World Champs 2010 and World Champs 2011, we can see that Sobirov and Kim improved that value, whereas Iliadis and Riner had a worse value. The frequency of efficient attacks was improved in Sobirov, Kim and Riner and Iliadis were worse. R. Sobirov manifested the highest range of the techniques used and Riner the least did. J.-B. Kim had the highest intensity of attacks and I. Iliadis the lowest intensity. T. Riner and I. Iliadis had the highest value of the effectiveness indices, whereas J.-B. Kim and T. Riner had the lowest value of those indices. T. Riner had the highest value of the efficiency. J.-B. Kim opponents most often obtained penalty points.
The value of indices as determined at the World Championships in 2010 and 2011, allowed to determine the individual features of the technical-tactical preparation which affected the sport judo contests and gave sport success.